Michael Cera – The Toy Department

In Episode 431, Madden and Kolsky discuss their IRL meet-up between podcasts before getting down to brass tacks on:

The last two weeks of The Challenge: Vets & New Threats (7:00) and the thrilling elimination that crowned the most recent episode…
The baffling and distinctly not funny comedy The Pickup (22:50) and how exactly we end up making things that make no sense…
The disappointing film The Phoenician Scheme (28:40) and whether the career of Wes Anderson has ceased to be a source of interest…
The excellent Freaky Tales (34:30) and its love affair with Oakland…
A revisiting of Apple TV+’s insane show Smoke (43:05) and how the not-especially-good-but-totally-ridiculous blueprint seems to be working for them…
Homework for next week (51:45), including: the next episode of The Challenge: Vets & New Threats, the Office spin-off The Paper, HBO’s new crime drama Task and the Amazon Prime teen band show The Runarounds…

In Episode 295, Madden and Kolsky spend a couple minutes on the pitfalls of parenting before hustling through:

This week’s episode of Top Chef: Houston (2:00), and epic barbecue challenge and who’s thriving so far this season…
The return of Donald Glover’s Atlanta (15:30) and how it continues to be one of the best and most unique things on television…
Amy Schumer’s new Hulu show Life & Beth (22:30) and how the first two episodes are not particularly compelling but there’s hope for the future with Michael Cera still yet to show up…
A few minutes on The Oscars (25:00) without a mention of the slap…
HBO Max’s new DC-based series DMZ (31:25) and how Rosario Dawson in a post-apocalyptic war zone makes for very compelling television entertainment…
Homework for next Friday (35:45), including: more Top Chef: Houston, along with the new Marvel series Moon Knight, the HBO Max rom-com Moonshot and the new Netflix movie The Bubble…
Some thoughts on the upcoming Final Fours (40:15), particularly the big UNC-Duke matchup…

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